The Berlin airlift begins.
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AVIATION HISTORY
28 June 1908 – Jacob Ellehammer performs the first powered flight in Germany
On 28th June 1908, during an event named Kieler Woche (the Kiel Week), Jacob Ellehammer made a flight on a distance of approximately fifty metres, commonly considered the first powered flight in Germany. Jacob Christian […]
AVIATION HISTORY
Living history day – the 80th anniversary of the air battle over the Ore Mountains
On 11th September 1944, a formation of B-17G Flying Fortress bombers from the 100th Bomb Group of the Eight Air Force USAAF, took-off for another mission against Germany. The target of the day were oil […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
29 July 1936 – Operation Magic Fire, the first airlift operation in history
On 29th July 1936, Junkers Ju 52 aircraft began to carry the Army of Africa from Spanish Morocco to Andalusia, Spain. That effort, performed by Germany in support of the Nationalist forces in the Spanish […]